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petual bustle which he maintains, and are grati- 

 fied beyond measure by the certainty of a close 

 shot, which his occasional stab (for, not from 

 any deficiency of nose, but from mere defective 

 carriage, it is with him always either a spring 

 or a stab), gives them an opportunity of trying 

 their hands at. 



It is not easy, I perceive, even with the pen, 

 to make a direct way over ground like this : I 

 came on to it for the sake of showing, that it is 

 by no means the fittest situation to complete 

 the lesson of point; and I find I have got 

 entangled, and am already lost in the superior 

 consideration of its still more unfavourable effect 

 upon all the excellence of perfect beat. To 

 evince the one, as well as the other, was indeed 

 my purpose ; and with a view to both, to urge 

 upon the tutor, as a general rule, the expediency 

 of endeavouring to acquire an ascendency in 

 the open field, as infinitely abbreviating the 

 business of perfect tuition. It is true that, in 

 the excess of spirits and of powers, which I 

 look for in an animal of blood, every means 

 must be resorted to for his control ; and if he 

 shows a determination to run riot and rattle on, 

 disdaining all command, it may become neces- 

 sary to put him in the pillory for awhile, with a 

 fore foot strapped up to his collar, in order to 



